Content from Terminal Six Post

In the summer of 2001, 16-year-old Andoy searches for his long-lost father in the most unlikely of things — VHS tapes. His reality becomes mystified when two movie-like characters appear in their small hometown.

When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.

A driver is sent on a simple errand: to pick up a designer t-shirt and a tin of viagra for his boss, who is shacked up in a hotel with his lover. Simple as it sounds, the road trip crisscrosses the chasms of time, class, and character.

The night before local elections, a single mother takes her son to a final campaign rally to get his lost scholarship back — unaware that in the midst of the dense crowd, a morbid disaster awaits them.

The story follows Emman, a visual artist who becomes drawn to his neighbor, Althea – a woman trapped in an abusive relationship. As he and his fiancée, Liz, try to help Althea, Emman’s desire and obsession for her gradually grow, leading him into a nightmare filled with betrayal and darkness.

A man laments on the passing of his grandmother on the day he is forced to move out from their home, but gets stuck when an inherited item disappears.

Cinemalaya's first documentary in the full-length competition follows three women named Maria on a journey to seek truth and fight for justice as the Philippines becomes a shrinking civic and democratic space that fosters a culture of impunity.